Cooper Stuff Ep. 177 - Why Christianity Today is Wrong About Oliver Anthony

Cooper Stuff Podcast

Jennifer Fleming

Christianity, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Oliver Anthony’s viral hit “Rich Men North of Richmond” has become an unquestionable culture moment. Some have even gone further, calling it a right wing “culture war” song. Christianity Today published an article claiming that the song “doesn’t love its neighbors”— a point that I roundly disagree with. Today, I explain what I believe the song is about, and why, In my view, Christianity Today has not only missed the entire point of the song, but they are revealing yet again that they believe the true evil in society isn’t coming from the atheistic, secular, sexual, and socialistic revolution. Oh no! The true destruction of society that must be called out is anything that promotes traditional Christianity or conservative ideas.

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0:00.0	A brand new singer called Oliver Anthony came on the scene and had a massive breakout hit.
0:13.4	You've probably heard it called Richmond or the Richmond.
0:16.2	It has become sort of a culture war moment or a cultural sensation.
0:20.8	I don't want to say war.
0:21.8	Let's just say cultural moment, all right?
0:24.1	I've had the same view of this song since it came out.
0:27.4	With the first time I heard it, I was like, yeah, I know what this song is about.
0:30.5	I can relate to this.
0:31.5	I get it.
0:32.5	A lot of people were relating to it.
0:33.5	But it has become a point of conflict so much so.
0:36.1	And by the way, I wasn't going to speak about it.
0:38.1	I wouldn't ever play on the song.
0:40.0	Christianity yesterday, oh, excuse me, they're called Christianity Today.
0:44.3	Sorry, I must have gotten confused.
0:47.2	Christianity Today decides to write Oracle about it because the song is being called a quote,
0:52.7	right wing song, concerted song.
0:54.8	And so Christianity Day ends up writing an article about it saying Oliver Anthony said,
0:59.9	doesn't love its neighbor.
1:01.6	And so then I had to weigh in.
1:03.0	I'm like, okay, I force Christianity Today doing what they do because they are consistently
1:07.7	wrong about I think everything.
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